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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Waltham. Waltham John King. [The petition is barely legible].Waltham requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/342/16147
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This record is about the John Waltham. Waltham John King. [The petition is barely legible].Waltham requests... dating from [c. 1386] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/342/16147
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1386]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Waltham.
- Name(s)
- Waltham, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [The petition is barely legible].Waltham requests payment for the tuns of wine and for goods and jewels taken by men of Plymouth, Dartmouth and Fowy on the sea. They took the wine and broke a coffer for the goods and jewels, and to an earlier complaint by Wolf to the king they were ordered to make payment but have not done so.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Plymouth, [Devon]
- Dartmouth, [Devon]
- Fowey, [Cornwall]
- Camfere (Veere), [Zeeland, Netherlands].
- People mentioned
- Peter Wolf, servant of the lord of Camfere.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1386 as an entry in the close rolls, an order to the mayor and bailiffs of Dartmouth must date closely to the petition (CCR 1385-9, p. 145).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Chancery Miscellaneous Roll 22/5/39 (transferred 7/10/1924).
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1921), p.145 (order to the mayor and bailiffs of Dartmouth to levy the sum and have it before the king under pain of the king's wrath)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736628/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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